[6] .31 to .39 inch.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[7] .156 to .195 inch.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[8] Cf. The Mason-bees, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chap. xi.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[9] About 1⁄10 × 1⁄50 inch.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[10] Cf. The Life of the Fly, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chaps, ii, iii and v.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[11] Cf. The Life of the Fly: chap. iv.—Translator’s Note. [↑]

[12] Cf. Bramble-bees and Others, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: passim.Translator’s Note. [↑]

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CHAPTER VI

THE MANTIS: HER HUNTING